Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3998, Jacob Gibson, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Gibson, Jacob Gipson.
W. 3998
Born in Br. Wm Co. Va
Mary
CONTENTS

4733
Kentucky.
Jacob Gibson
of Barren in the State of Ky: who was a Pvt of Arty in the Compy commanded by Captain Edmunds of the Regt commanded by Col: Marshall in the Ar: line for 3 years from 1777
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 100 — Dollars — — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of Jan: 33. and sent to Hon: L. G. Tompkins, House of Reps.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 150. Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 th Mar: 33 50
$200.
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathaniel Rice — Clerk
Book D Vol. 9 Page 41

Jacob Gipson alias Gibson
from 1777 private artillery 3 years. $100.
Adyatt of the State of Virginia of artillery
enter on Register

BRIEF in the case of  Jacob Gipson alias Gibson  County of Barren in the State of Kentucky  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? —  3. How old is he? 76  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     enlisted Feb. 1777-24 Sept 1781 3 — — private Gen. Capt. Elias Edmunds, V a . St. line artillery, 2 nd regt. Col. Thomas Marshall, Capt. D. Richardson.   — 3 — "  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Gates Defeat  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Franklin Co. V a  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional on Roll  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. Waugh
Examining Clerk.

State of Kentucky County of Barren Set,
On the 15 th day of September  October 1832 personally appeared in open court before Benjamin  Justice of  the  legality of the Barren land court now sitting, it being a court of Record Jacob Gibson (alias Gibson) a resident of Barren County in the state of Kentucky, aged 76 years who being first duly sworn according law doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated; That he enlisted the 24 th day of September 1777 for 3 years under Capt. Elias Edmunds in the Virginia state line in the artillery, immediately entered the service of marched directly off to York town in the state of Virginia and was stationed at York town 2 years and 6 months, thence we were marched to Hillsborough in the state of North Carolina; thence we were marched to South Carolina, to Roanoke's (alias Ogees) mill; thence we were marched to a place that was then called (as he thinks the green springs or green swamp in South Carolina) and there (if he is not mistaken in the name of the place) he was in the Battle at Gate's defeat. After the dispersion in consequence of s d defeat he met at Richmond Virginia and there received a discharge from Thomas Marshall who was the colonel of the Regiment in which he was enlisted; that he resided at the time he was enlisted as a P t in Fergus County state of Virginia; that Henry Vowels was the adjutant of the Regiment in which he served, that Sam l Blackwell was the lieutenant of the Company of s d Capt Edmunds

that s d Capt Edmund was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in the s d Regiment which was the second Regiment of what was called the Virginia in the artillery State Troops; that John Ayates was the Ensign of the Company in he does not now recollect who was the Lieutenant ensign of his Company or whether there was any. He further states that in the year 1781 he volunteered under Capt. Daniel Richardson for a tour of 3 months against the Tories and served the whole of said 3 months and was then discharged by Capt. Richardson - that the Tories against whom the expedition was conducted lived on the South branch of the Potomac River State of Virginia; that his discharges as aforesaid were written and signed by the said Marshall and Richardson, but in the year 1789 he was unfortunate and got his house burned and his discharges were burnt in it. He further states that he served the full time of 3 years for which he was mustered and that his time was out before the battle at Gates' defeat, but he was deter- mined to remain till the battle should be fought . He further states that there was a Major Drew and Capt Roane attached to the Regiment to which he belonged - that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no one by whom he can prove his service whose testimony he can procure.
The said Jacob Gipson (alias Gibson) hereby relin- quishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State. Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Jacob Gipson

We John H. Owen a Clergyman residing in the county of Barren and state of Kentucky and Thomas Wright Jacob Gibson Jr residing in said County and state do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Gibson who has subscribed and sworn to the fore- going declaration, that we believe him to be 76 years of age, that he is respected and believ- ed to be in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
John H. Owen Thomas Wright Jacob Gibson Jr.
Question 1 st Where and in what year were you born? In Prince William County Virginia in the year 1756. Question 2 nd Have you any record of your age, if so where is it? e.g. My father had it recorded in his Bible, but I do not know where it is at present. Quest 3 rd Where were you living when called into service, were you drafted, were you a volunteer or a subs- titute, if a substitute, for whom? I lived in Fauquier County Virginia and enlisted there. Quest 4 th Where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you live now? I lived 4 years after the war in Fauquier County, then moved to South Carol- ina and lived there about ten years, then I moved to Kentucky Barren County where I have continued to live and now live. Quest 5 th State the names of some of the revolutionary officers who were with the troops where you served, each continental and militia Regiment as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service. (Elihu Edmunds)

Samuel Blackwell, Maj r Genl, Capt. Roane Capt Johnson, Capt Quarles, Capt Plummer I was in the 2 nd Regiment of the Artillery, State Regiment. I cannot state any other Regiment. I was in the Battle of States' defeat. Did you receive a discharge if so by whom was it given and where is it to me? a discharge from Thomas Marshall, State the names of the persons who live in your neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a revolutionary soldier
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Court certifies that it appears to them that John H. Owen who has subscribed the foregoing certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Barren and that Thomas Wright and Jacob Gibson Esq who have also signed the same are residents of said County and are creditable persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
State of Kentucky Barren County Set
I William Logan Clerk of the County Court for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceed- ings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jacob Gibson for a Pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at my Office in Glasgow the 16 th October 1832
W. Logan Clerk

5274 The X
Declaration of
Mary Gibson Barren County Ky

State of Kentucky Barren County } Set. 3
In this the 11 th day of April 1839 Personally appeared before the undersigned one of the Commonwealths Justices of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, Mary Gibson, a resident of said County aged seventy six years on the ninth day of November 1838, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following Declaration , in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress pass. July 7 th 1838, entitled an "act granting half pay and Pensions to certain widows" That she is the Widow of Jacob Gibson late of Barren County who was a Soldier of the Revolution, she further Declares , that she was married to the said Jacob Gibson on the 9 th day of February 1784, in the County of Laurence in the State of South Carolina, and that her aforesaid Husband (Jacob Gibson) died on the 8 th day of February 1839 in the County of Barren and State of Kentucky that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the 1 st of January 1794, Now it, on the 9 th day of February 1784 as above stated, and that her said Husband Jacob Gibson was a Pensioner of the United States at the time of his death, and that she has become so weak and superannuated that she is wholly unable  out of her power to attend Court to make this Declaration , witness my hand and seal the day and year first above written—
Subscribed and sworn to before me at the house of the said Mary Gibson in the County of Barren & State aforesaid this 11 th April 1839.
Mary her Gibson mark
James Munnell J.P. B.C.
State of Kentucky Barren County } Set 3
This day Jacob Gibson personally appeared before me and made Oath, that the record he now produces to me is the Original family Record, of Jacob Gibson dec d (above-named) from which Family Record, I certify the following is a true extract "Jacob Gibson was" "married to Mary Rose on the 9 day of February in the year of our" "Lord 1784." Given under my hand this 11 th day of April 1839.
James Munnell J.P. B.C.

State of Alabama Decatur County
on this 14 th day of August Eighteen hundred and fifty four personally appeared in open Court Jacob W. Gibson who on his oath makes the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the acts of Congress passed July 7) 1838 and acts subsequent thereunto granting half pay and pensions to the widows of certain Soldiers of the war of the Revolution. — that he is the only Surviving Child of Jacob Gibson and Mary Gibson his widow that said father Jacob Gibson was a pensioner of the United States and the Kentucky roll in Barren County, at the rate of one hundred dollars a year and he refers to his papers on file for the particulars that his father the said Jacob Gibson died on the Eighth day of February Eighteen hundred and thirty nine 1839 and that the said Mary the widow of the said Jacob also and the mother of this applicant died on the Eleventh day of August Eighteen hundred and forty one and that the said Jacob Gibson and the said Mary whose name before marriage was Mary Box was married in the County of Laurence and State of South Carolina in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty four and that the family record showing the marriage and births of children of the said Jacob and Mary Gibson have been in my possession since the year 1839 and is defaced obliterated

that it cannot now be understood he further declares that the said Mary remained the widow of the said Jacob Gibson at the time of her death and that he makes this application for the purpose of obtaining the pension due to his said mother from the 4 day of March 1839 to the 11 day of August 1841 subscribed and sworn to before me in open Court this 14 th day of August 1854 J. W. Gibson Petitioner
George of Primate
State of Alabama DeKalb County
I Reuben Estlin Judge and Clerk of the County Court in and for said County do hereby Certify that at the August Term of said Court began and held in and for said County on the 14 th day of August 1854 Satisfactory Evidence was Exhibited to said Court that Jacob Gibson was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of one hundred dollars a year and that he died on the 8 th day of February 1839 and that he left a widow whose name was Mary Gibson and that the said Mary the widow of the said Jacob died on the 11 th day of August 1841 and that she was at the time of her death the widow of the said Jacob Gibson and that there is no other heir living that is known of but Jacob W Gibson and that the said J is the above named applicant and it is further Certify that the foregoing are the

original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of the said Jacob W. Gilson for the pension due to his said mother
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal this the 14th day of August 1854
R. Estus Judge of Probate

State of Kentucky 34 County of Warren 34
I George Wright do hereby certify that I was well acquainted with Jacob Gibson and Mary Gibson and that they was married in the County of Laurence in the State of South Carolina
Q what year wer the said Jacob and Mary Gibson married
A My Recollection is that it was in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty four they was married at my fathers house
Q have you known them since that time
A I have known them all the time and they was regarded as man and wife all that time that question have never bin doubted and that Jacob W Gibson was Reputed and Regarded by the said Jacob and Mary Gibson as there Child and further the deponent sayeth not given my hand this 6 day of September 1854
George Wright
State of Kentucky 34 County of Warren 34
This day personally appeared George Wright and made oath that the above deposition is true to the best of his knowledge this 6 day of September 1854 John Speed Dugay

State of Kentucky } County of Warren } ss
I Charles E. Blewett Clerk of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that John Spradling before whom the foregoing deposition was made and who has thereunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid duly Commissioned and qualified to administer oaths
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of my office as Clerk of said County, this 8 day of September 1854 C. E. Blewett

State of Kentucky } ss Edmonson County } 3
I Harris Gibson of the County of Edmonson and State of Kentucky do hereby certify that Mary Gibson died at my house and that she died in the month of August Eighteen hundred and forty and
Q what brings to your recollection that it was in August Eighteen hundred and forty and
A I had a child born in August Eighteen hundred and forty and and by referring to the record I know that it was in that month and year and further the deponent saith not given under my hand this 16th day of November 1854
Harris Gibson
State of Kentucky } ss Edmonson County } 3
This day personally appeared before me Harris Gibson a Justice of the peace in and for said County and

Made oath that the above Certificate is true to the best of his knowledge given under my hand this 16 th day of November 1854, John W. Parker, JP, 66
State of Kentucky } County of Edmonson } ss I W. H. Jones Clerk of the county of Edmonson and State aforesaid do hereby Certify that John W. Parker before whom the foregoing Certificate was made and who hereunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified to administer oaths and that Signature is his genuine Signature. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the official Seal of said County this 28 th day of November 1854 W. H. Jones C. C. C.

I now all men by these presents That I do here by constitute an appoint D. B. Denton my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to prose cut and attend to the allowance of A certain claim which I have asserted against the united States for pension both before the commissioners of pensions the secretary of the interior and any department of the government or the congress of the united states and my said attorney is authorized and empowered one or more attorneys under him to make and constitute for the purpose aforesaid hereby ratifying and confirming what my said attorney and those by him constituted my lawful do in premises
witness my hand and seal this august the 19 th 1854 Jacob W Gibson
State of Alabama
Dekalb County
Before the subscriber one of the justices of the peace for Dekalb county Alabama in and for the county aforesaid personally appeared Jacob W Gibson above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be his act and deed witness my hand this the august 19 day the 1854
Richard Whitwood
Justice of the peace

State of Alabama, Dekalb County } I Reuben Estes Judge and Clerk of the county, do hereby certify that he is one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified and the foregoing signature purporting to be his genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal this 14 th day of July August 1834
R. Estes Judge and Clerk of the probate court

3998
P. O.
Mary Gibson
Service: widow of Jacob
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: REJECTED _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Mary Gibson of Jacob Kentucky
Rejected
let. 25 July 1839 James Murrall DB Denton Dec 13 1854
3998
husband died after passage of act of 7 July 1838,
Act 7 July 1838

may Jacob Gibson Ken: At 7 June 1832 to what time paid?
Pen: Offer
July 25, 1839.
died 39
Died 3 d Feb y 1839 - I paid to that time.
S. H. H.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Jacob Gipson alias Gibson further proof or explanation.
which require
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? _____ IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? _____
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? _____
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? _____
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? _____
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 7.
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
† QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Merry Oaks Ky Dec 4 1854 Dear Sir
I herewith send you the papers of Jacob W Gibson for your consideration if any further information is wanting, please write to me at Merry Oaks Barren County Ky
Respectfully yours &c D B Dinton

State of Kentucky Barren County Set
I Thomas J. Helin Clerk of the Court of Barren County certify that James Murrell whose signature is attached to the foregoing declaration and certificate is a Justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his are genuine and that full faith and credit should be given to all his acts as such. In testimony whereof
I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 16 th day of April 1839
T. J. Helin Clerk
State of Kentucky Barren County Set. April Term 1839.
Satisfactory proof was this day made in open Court by the oaths of Benjamin Wheeler and Elisha L. Moon that Jacob Gibson was a revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, that he departed this life on the 8 th day of February 1839 in the County and State aforesaid and that Mary Gibson is the widow of the said Jacob Gibson and is still living and resides in the County & State aforesaid and that they have known the said Jacob and Mary Gibson for the last twenty years past, and that said Jacob Gibson was always reputed to be a Soldier of the Revolution
State of Kentucky Barren County Set
I Thomas J. Helin Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid do certify that the foregoing is a true and correct extract from the records in my office. Given under my hand this 16 th day of April 1839
T. J. Helin Clerk

State of Kentucky, Baron County set
James Munnell a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that, the foregoing Declaration of Mary Gibson was taken subscribed and sworn to at her own house in the County, and State aforesaid, and that she is so decrepit, and having nearly lost her eyesight, that she is wholly unable to attend in Court to make her Declaration, Given under my hand this 16 th April 1839.
James Munnell JP